Take Time to Do What You Enjoy

Please Read and respond:

What do you enjoy doing? Are you taking the time to do it? Are you talking about it and sharing your ideas with someone? Do you have the emotional support and encouragement you need to follow your passions? Will you identify what you need to do to be able to share and follow a dream, and enlist the help you need to grasp it?

We all face obstacles, but let's have a little more faith in ourselves and each other. Our talents and gifts far outweigh our inabilities and deficits. Let's not let anxiety and fear cripple us.  Let's allow love and anticipation to motivate us. With God's help, and with the sustaining support we can and should give each other, we will not only be able to walk; we will soar!

Let's give this Christmas gift to ourselves and to each other, continuously.  In so doing, we will become happier, more fulfilled; and be able to light the world with the love of God, with an increased confidence in our ability to serve Him and each other.


Give yourself a gift. Take time to do what you enjoy, and #LighttheWorld.

Basking in the Light

Basking in the Light

A friend of mine titled this photograph for me. It warms my soul that it is so appropriately named, “Basking in the Light”. Vereen said that when she looked at this photo, “The first thing I saw was a child touched by the Light of Christ. Beautiful.” While I completely agree, this set me to thinking.

Children

I believe that we all see little children as special. We notice their sparkle and the goodness that they add to this world. We sense the wonder of creation and continuation. It is marvelous to behold.

We need to hold onto these sentiments as we are introduced to one another and interact with one another. Why? Well, it is because we are all still little children. We are children of God.

Light of Christ

Every human being born into this world is endowed with the Light of Christ. Every single one. He said, “I am the true light that lighteth every man that cometh into the world” (Doctrine and Covenants 93:2). 

God Loves Us All

Jesus loves all of us with a love that is endless and complete. God makes His sun to shine on all of us and his rain to fall on all of us, because it is His good will to bless us and help us to find joy. (See Matthew 5:45)

Look for the Good

How quickly do we look for the darkness in one another, when we should be noticing the light? How often do we condemn the imperfections in ourselves, when it would serve us better to be thankful for our gifts and develop them?

Bask in the Light

I am pleased with the composition of this photograph. The child is truly basking in the light. What a great example for all of us. There is light everywhere around us, and there is light within us. Let us find pleasure and joy in our work, in our days, in our families, in our friends and associations; and let us bask in the Light.

Furthur Reading:

John 1

Doctrine and Covenants 93

Living the Gospel Joyful